BCB This Week: Democratic Dilemma; Opioids; and Construction Safety
…gets injured on the job, they go and see a doctor and they go out on Workers’ Comp. So, they’re home with lots of time and a bunch of meds…
…gets injured on the job, they go and see a doctor and they go out on Workers’ Comp. So, they’re home with lots of time and a bunch of meds…
…no! As anyone knows who has doggedly attended committee meetings, they are the place where far too often, good ideas go to die. My first concern comes, not surprisingly, from…
…be completed until 2019, and there are also questions about how it would be financed and how it could be built in the densely populated Northeast Corridor. Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-md-ci-maglev-announcement-20171101-story.html…
…a guaranteed 25-hour workweek, the union says, to get parity with Westchester’s other major school-bus companies. First Mile Square bus operators currently earn $24 an hour, while bus monitors make…
…“Blue Collar Buzz” airs every Sunday night from 9 to 10 p.m. on AM970 The Answer. Listen online at LaborPress.org, or check out the library of past episodes at www.am970theanswer.com….
…the people. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/opinion/republicans-silence-trump.html?ref=todayspaper. Trump and his Republican cohorts are transforming our democracy into a corporatocracy. “We the People” is becoming “We the Large Corporations.” Can the Constitution save us from…
…particular to women in the department — but, also, women that we serve in the community,” Berkman tells Blue Collar Buzz. “Over and over again, I’m reading how gender has…
…compensated for their suffering, we have at least vindicated the rule of law and sent a strong message to those who would profit from such human trafficking.” Read more: http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_128903ea-b9ba-11e7-97cc-bbdf56b3555c.html…
…key issues and was devoid of personal attacks.” The leading Republican candidates did not respond to questionnaires from the union, which represents about 14,000 California health-care workers. Read more: http://nuhw.org/newsom-endorsement/…
…about her experiences breaking into the trades as a woman 30 years ago. Finally, IBT Local 813 President Sean Campbell talks about ongoing efforts to reform NYC’s commercial trash collection…